McDonnell Found Guilty of Corruption

Bob McDonnell (R) is the first Virginia governor convicted of a felony, the Richmond Times Dispatch reports.

A federal jury convicted the former governor on 11 of 13 counts and his wife, Maureen, on nine of 13 counts. Both “sobbed openly, but quietly as the verdicts were read.”

The Washington Post notes both McDonnells face “decades in federal prison, though their actual sentence will probably fall well short of that.”

Sentencing is scheduled for January 6.